Simone Silvestri – Curriculum Vitae

2010 Ph.D. in Computer Science Department of Computer Science Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2006 Laurea cum Laude in Computer Science Department of Computer Science Sapienza University, Italy

Awards

• Best Demo Runner-Up Paper - IEEE PerCom 2025
• 2024 Excellent Editor Award - IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
• 2024 Best Editor Award - Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing
• NSF CAREER Award 2020
• Outstanding contribution in reviewing, Elsevier AdHoc Networks, 2018
• Outstanding contribution in reviewing, Elsevier JPDC, 2017
• Outstanding contribution in reviewing, Elsevier Computer Networks, 2015
• Best paper award, IEEE  International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) 2009
• Best student paper award, Sapienza University, 2009.

Publication summary

• 30+ publications in international journals, including: IEEE Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks.
• 50+ publications international conferences, including: IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICDCS and IEEE ICNP.

Grants summary

• More than $5,000,000 in federal grants, with a personal share higher than $2,000,000.
• Funding sources include NSF, NIFA, NATO and DTRA.
• NSF CAREER award, 2020

Cyber-Physical-Human Systems, Internet of Things, Smart Grid Security, Terrestrial and Aerial Mobile Net- works, Network Management.

Co-PI - NIFA
"Developing future leaders in agriculture: Bridging the Gap between AI and Agrifood Science Education in the United States for URM"
Amount Awarded: $241,000 (Feb. 2025 - Feb 2030)

PI - NSF CNS 
"DCL EPSCOR: CISE Large: Distributed Edge Intelligence in Support of Next-Generation Applications"
Amount Awarded: $100,000 

PI @ UK - National Security Agency (subcontract Univ. of Louisville)
“NCAE-C Cybersecurity Workforce Innovation Coalition".
Amount awarded: $24,000 (Apr. 2024 - Jun. 2025).

Co-PI - NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) - Award # 2020-07265
“Sustainable Precision Dairy Farming: Bridging Animal Welfare and Stakeholder Concerns about the use of Precision Dairy Technologies”.
Amount awarded: $999,506 (Jan. 2021 - May 2025).

PI @ UK - NSF Smart and Connected Communities - Award # 1952045
“Smart Integrated Farm Network for Rural Agricultural Communities (SIRAC)”.
Amount awarded: $1,515,830 - including REU supplements for $16,000 (Oct. 2020 - Sept. 2023).

PI - NSF CAREER award - Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) - Award # 1943035
“Energy Management for Smart Residential Environments through Human-in-the-loop Algorithm Design”. Amount awarded: $560,987 - including REU supplements for $44,000 (Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2025).

PI - NSF Energy, Power, Control, and Networks - Award # 1936131
“Crosslayer Optimization of Energy and Cost through Unified Modeling of User Behavior and Storage in Multiple Buildings”.
Amount awarded: $364,340 - including REU supplements for $31,000 (Sept. 2019 - Aug. 2022).

PI - NIFA - as part of NSF Cyber-Physical Systems - Award # 2017-67008-26145
“Integration of Social Behavioral Modeling for Smart Environments to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Smart Cities”. Amount awarded: $802,981 (Feb. 2017 - Feb. 2021).

PI - NSF EPSCoR funded Missouri Transect - Award #1355406
“Autonomous Monitoring of Large Scale Agricultural Plants Through Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”. Amount awarded: $71,055 (Aug. 2015 - Jul. 2019).

Co-PI - NSF Cyber-Physical Systems - Award #1545037
“Securing Smart Grid by Understanding Communications Infrastructure Dependencies”. Amount awarded: $310,476 (Sep. 2015 - Aug. 2020).

Co-Director - NATO Science For Peace and Security - Award # SPS G4936
“Hybrid sensor networks for emergency critical scenarios”. Total amount awarded e400,000 (Sep. 2015 - Aug. 2019).

PI - Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), subcontract Pennsylvania State University
“Analysis and recovery of large-scale failures in interdependent networks”. Amount awarded: $162,540 (Nov. 2014 - May. 2016).

[2024] "Climbing the Doctoral Mountain: Essential Strategies for a Successful PhD", Keynote talk, International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN), Abu Dhabi, UAE

[2024] "Residential Energy Management with Human-in-the-Loop", University of North Dakota

[2023] “ChatGPT for Scientific Writing: Navigating Potentials and Challenges”, IARIA International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications FUTURE COMPUTING 2023, Nice, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France

[2023] “Challenges and Opportunities for Machine Learning Applied to Smart Residential Energy Systems” Short Term Training Programme on Machine Learning for IoT Edge Computing, Heritage Institute of Technology, India

[2023] “Writing NSF Proposals for Early Career Faculty”, Proposal Development Office, University of Kentucky

[2022] “Energy Management for Smart Residential Environments through Human-in-the-loop Algorithm Design”, CAREER Panel Member, NSF CPS PI meeting, Alexandria, VA

[2022] “Internet of Agricultural Things: How Computer Science Can Help Next Generation Farming”, IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Robot, and UAV Networks, Bologna, Italy

[2021] “NSF CAREER Workshop”, Proposal Development Office, University of Kentucky

[2020] “Cyber-Physical-Human Systems: From Human Perception to Computational Problems”, University of Missouri Science and Technology, Computer Science, Rolla, MO

[2020] “Cyber-Physical-Human Systems: From Human Perception to Computational Problems”, University of Missouri, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbia, MO

[2020] “Machine Learning in the Wild: The Case of User-Centered Learning in Cyber Physical Systems”, IEEE/ACM International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), Bengaluru, India

[2019] “Social-Behavioral Modeling and Optimization of Residential Energy Management Systems”, Marquette University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Milwaukee, WI

[2018] “Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Cyber-Physical Systems” Panel Member, NSF CPS PI meeting, Alexandria, VA

[2018] “Social-behavioral aware Design and Optimization of Cyber-Physical-Human Systems” University of Kentucky, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lexington, KY

[2018] “Social-behavioral aware Design and Optimization of Cyber-Physical-Human Systems” Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

[2018] “Social-Behavioral Aware Optimization of Energy Consumption in Smart Homes” St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO

[2017] “Social-Behavioral Aware Optimization of Cyber Physical Systems” University of Louisville - Informs., Louisville, KY

[2017] “Social-Behavioral Aware Optimization of Cyber Physical Systems” Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM

Spring 2023, CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level

Spring 2022 CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level

Fall 2021 CS-316 Web Programming, Undergraduate level

Spring 2021, CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level

Fall 2020 CS-686 Complex networks, Graduate level

Spring 2020 CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level

Fall 2019 CS-686 Complex networks, Graduate level

Spring 2019 CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level

Fall 2018 CS-686 Complex networks, Graduate level

Spring 2018 CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level

Fall 2017 CS-685 Cognitive Computing, Graduate level

Spring 2017 CS-2500 Algorithms, Undergraduate level

Spring 2016 CS-6001 Complex networked systems, Graduate level

Fall 2015 CS-2500 Algorithms, Undergraduate level

Spring 2015 CS-6001 Complex networked systems, Graduate level

Fall 2014 CS-2500 Algorithms, Undergraduate level

Graduated students

Enrico Casella Ph.D. Graduated Spring 2023
Thesis title :“Machine-Learning-Powered Cyber-Physical Systems”

Ashtuoth Timilsina Ph.D. Graduated Spring 2023
Thesis title :“Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Smart Residential Environments with User Behavioral Modeling”

Seifalla Moustafa M.S. Graduated Spring 2020
Report title :“Development of a simulator for a residential energy sharing market”

Vijay Shah Ph.D. Graduated Summer 2019
Thesis title :“ A Diverse Band-aware Dynamic Spectrum Access Architecture for Connectivity in Rural Communities”

Joedocei Hill M.S. Graduated Spring 2018
Report title :“Realistic Models For Characterizing The Performance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”

Ruoxi Zhang M.S. Graduated Spring 2018
Thesis title :“A Network Tomography Approach for Traffic Monitoring in Smart Cities”

Maria Angelin M.S. Graduated Summer 2017
Thesis title :“Multi Stage Recovery from Large Scale Failures in Interdependent Networks”

Visiting students

Spring 2023
Christian Cumini
Visiting M.S. Student, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy

Spring 2023
Stefano Bassino
Visiting M.S. Student, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy

Fall 2018
Vincenzo Agate
Visiting Ph.D. Student, University of Palermo, Italy

Spring 2017
Enrico Casella
Visiting M.S. Student, University of Palermo, Italy

Fall 2016
Valeria Dolce
Visiting M.S. Student, University of Palermo, Italy

Spring 2016
Riccardo Musmeci
Visiting M.S. Student, University of Palermo, Italy

Spring 2015
Stefano Ciavarella
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Sapienza University, Italy

Spring 2015
Agostino Sturaro
Visiting M.S. Student, Padua University, Italy

Society Affiliations

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Lifetime Member

Proposal review

National Science Foundation panelist National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

Russian government program attracting leading scientists to Russian universities

Conference organization

2025 Demo Co-Chairs of IEEE PerCom

2025 Doctoral Symposium Co-Chair ACM ICDCN

2024 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair NSF CPS PI Meeting

2024 Workshop Co-Chair of the conference IEEE LCN

2024 Protocols & Emerging Technologies track co-chair IEEE MASS

2023 Work in Progress Co-Chair of the conference IEEE PerCom

2023 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair of the conference IEEE DCOSS

2022 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair NSF CPS PI Meeting

2022 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair of the conference IEEE SECON

2022 General Co-Chair of the conference IEEE ICNP

2022 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair of the conference IEEE SMARTCOMP

2022 Workshop Co-Chair of the conference IEEE DCOSS

2022 Program Co-Chair of the workshop ACM Emertes

2021 Short Papers, Posters & Demos Co-Chair of the conference IEEE WiMob

2020 Program Committee NSF CPS PI Meeting

2021 Work in Progress and Demo Co-Chair of the conference IEEE SMARTCOMP

2020 Short Papers, Posters & Demos Co-Chair of the conference IEEE WiMob

2020 Finance Chair of the conference IEEE SECON

2020 Program Co-Chair of the workshop ACM Emertes

2019 Finance Chair of the conference IEEE SECON

2019 Poster Co-Chair of the conference IEEE DCOSS

2019 Publicity Chair of the conference ACM MobiHoc

2019 Program Co-Chair of the workshop ACM Emertes

2016 Program Co-Chair of the IEEE PerCom workshop IQ2S

2009 Publicity Chair of the conference ICST QShine

2009 Publicity Chair of the conference ICST AAA-IDEA

Editorial Boards

2024 - now Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE) 2023 - now Editorial Board of Elsevier Computer Networks (COMNET)

2022 - now Editorial Board of Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks (ADHOC)

2018 - now Editorial Board of Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC)

Technical Program Committees (TPC) - partial list

IFIP Networking 2024

ACM WWW 2024

IEEE INFOCOM 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016

IEEE PerCom 2025, 2024

IEEE ICDCS 2025, 2024, 2022

IEEE DCOSS 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021

IEEE MASS 2023, 2022

ACM EWSN 2023,2022

IEEE ICDCN 2022

IEEE/ACM COMSNETS 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

IEEE CCNC 2023, 2022, 2021

IEEE GLOBECOM 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

IEEE ICC 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012

IEEE 5G World Forum 2020, 2019, 2018

IEEE LCN 2023,2022, 2021, 2017, 2016, 2015

IEEE BigData 2020

IEEE PIMRC 2020

IEEE SMARTCOMP 2024, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014

IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2024,2023,2022, 2021, 2020

IEEE ICDCS - PhD symp. 2020

IEEE REFRESH 2020

IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2022, 2020

IEEE 5G World Forum 2019

IEEE WCNC 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019

IEEE NetSoft 2024, 2020, 2019

IEEE WoWMOM 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018

IEEE VTC 2019, 2018

IEEE MILCOM 2017, 2016

IFIP Wireless Days 2018, 2017, 2016

IEEE SECON 2023, 2016

EAI S-Cube 2017,2016, 2015

IEEE ICCCN 2019,2015

IEEE ICNP 2015, 2014

IEEE ICNC 2024, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012

MobiSPC 2016, 2015

IEEE WiSARN 2018, 2017, 2014

SENSORCOMM 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

ICNS 2013, 2012

2022 - now Director of Graduate Studies - University of Kentucky, Computer Engineering 2022 - now Member of the Executive Committee - University of Kentucky, Computer Science

2022 - now Member of the Engineering Research Team - University of Kentucky, College of Engineering 2021 - now Director of Graduate Studies - University of Kentucky, Computer Science

2020 - 2021 Member of the Recruiting Team - University of Kentucky, College of Engineering

2018 - 2021 Chair of the Media & Outreach Committee - University of Kentucky, Computer Science 2017 Faculty Search Committee - University of Kentucky, Electrical and Computer Engineering 2017 - 2018 Media& Outreach Committee - University of Kentucky, Computer Science<

2016 Undergraduate Committee - Missouri S&T, Computer Science 2015 - 2016 Colloquia Coordinator - Missouri S&T, Computer Science

2015 - 2016 Peer Teaching Evaluation Committee - Missouri S&T, Computer Science 2015 Faculty Search Committee - Missouri S&T, Computer Science